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Tasted Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by godx with 672 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 1999 Delamotte Champagne Blanc de Blancs Millésimé 89 Points

    France, Champagne

    Lighter yellow in colour. Youthful nose with mainly citrus notes and just a hint of green apple and yeast. Fresh and clean in the mouth, slightly creamy, with great acidity and flavours of citrus, green apple, toast and minerality. Quite enjoyable now but there’s more to come with a few more years in the cellar. Very good. 89+

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2000 Henri Boillot Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Opened and served right away. Light to medium yellow. The nose here jumped from the glass with loads of sulfur that at first seemed to mask everything else, but within a few minutes the sulfur notes lightened and revealed beautiful notes of smoke, cheesy funk, citrus, well-integrated oak and hints of floral and spice. In the mouth this was round and balanced with more citrus and oak notes wrapped in a mineral and acidic framework that kept it fresh and lively. Medium bodied. This is drinking quite youthfully and probably could have used a solid decant or many more years in the cellar. As good as this is now, this will be even better in 3-5 years if premox stays away. Excellent. 92+

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  • 1991 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Tasted blind – This was slightly darker than the ’00 Boillot—medium yellow. Quite a difference coming from the Boillot to this as this wine was very tight on the nose and clean of any sulfur. After some time in the glass and vigorous swirling the nose starting opening a bit giving notes of coconut, tropical fruits and floral. Richer and weightier in the mouth but with good acidity and freshness that made this seem more youthful than the Boillot. This, just like the Boillot, could use more time and based on this bottle, will improve with another 3-5 years in the cellar. While the Boillot seemed to have more complexity going on (especially on the nose), this offered perhaps a bit more generosity and richness and in the mouth so it’s really hard to pick a favorite...but on this night, I’d give a slight nod to the Boillot. Excellent. 91+

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1998 Domaine Robert Groffier Bonnes Mares 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

    Tasted blind - Medium red with a bricking hue moving towards the rim. Wow, what a crazy good nose! Right from the first sniff this grabbed my attention and never let go. A pronounced, pure and elegant nose of mature red pinot fruit, raspberry, hints of sweet tobacco and caramel, floral and earth. In the mouth this was pure, silky and velvety. Fully resolved with wonderfully balanced acidity and a powerful, yet light weight and graceful texture. A long mineral finish. I guessed Chambolle…could this be anything else? This is drinking perfectly right now. Outstanding.

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  • 1993 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Tasted blind – Medium red with some bricking, although slightly darker than the 98 Groffier. The nose here had some VA at first with sweet vinegar, stemmy notes with some spice and red fruits trying to poke through, but I figured the VA may blow off so I focused on the Groffier and came back to this 15-20 minutes later. The VA was still there, but starting to subside, so I kept swirling and gave it more time. Another 15min or so later, with most of the VA gone, this wine started to shine. Beautiful Asian spice, sweet and sour dark pinot fruit, floral and a little sous-bois emerged from the glass. On the palate this was weightier and rougher than the Groffier (but by no means rough or rugged, just more so than the silky Groffier) with dusty tannins, more pronounced acidity with rich pinot and earthy flavours. Based on all the Asian spice and the palate profile, I guessed Vosne. This needed a ton of air to really show its stuff and well-stored bottles like this one have a long life ahead of them. Outstanding. 93+

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 1999 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Corton-Clos du Roi 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Opened, recorked, and served 3 hours later. This wine brought the funk! Great nose of sweet funk, mushrooms, dark raspberries and hints of spice. The richest and sweetest flavour profile so far and showing quite youthfully. Lots of depth in the mouth with earthy, dark and spicy flavours. A well balanced wine with fine tannins, solid acidity and good length. While very approachable and utterly delicious at this point, I will wait 2-3 years before popping my next bottle as there is more to come from this beauty. Excellent. 92+

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  • 2001 Louis Jadot Corton-Pougets Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Tasted blind - Swampy nose. Boiled cereal. Very weird. Mike said right off the bat he got very slight hints of TCA, but no one else did. After some time in the glass, the TCA became more apparent. Corked.

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Jean-Michel Guillon Mazis-Chambertin 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Tasted blind – medium to dark red. Gevrey nose with darker red fruits, meatiness, hints of spice and poopy funk. In the mouth the wine rich, deep and masculine with solid acidity and fine grained tannins. Young but approachable and no signs of the mean greenies here—just a wonderful young burg that should continue to develop nicely over the next 5-7 years. Excellent. 91+

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  • 2005 Nicolas Potel Ruchottes-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Tasted blind – medium red. Tight and weird nose of dill, pepper and subtle red fruits. Better on the palate with ripe and deep red fruits, lots of structure and acidity, but even then it’s very tight. This is fast asleep. It seems to have the parts to develop into something really nice, but it’s just not showing well tonight. Judgment reserved.

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